Od vs Ance - What's the difference?
od | ance |
(archaic except in dialects) God
An alleged force or natural power, supposed, by Reichenbach and others, to produce the phenomena of mesmerism, and to be developed by various agencies, as by magnets, heat, light, chemical or vital action, etc.; — also called odyle or the odylic force.
(chiefly, Scotland)
* {{quote-book, year=a. 1805, author=Jane Elliot, title=English Poets of the Eighteenth Century, chapter=A Lament for Flodden, edition=
, passage=The English, for ance , by guile wan the day; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, lie cauld in the clay. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1818, author=Sir Walter Scott, title=The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 2, chapter=, edition=
, passage="If I were ance at Lunnon," said Jeanie, in exculpation, "I am amaist sure I could get means to speak to the queen about my sister's life." }}
* {{quote-book, year=1873, author=Anthony Trollope, title=The Eustace Diamonds, chapter=, edition=
, passage=Pownies ain't to be had for nowt in Ayrshire, as was ance , my leddie." }}
As an adjective od
is .As a proper noun ance is
.od
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Etymology 1
Alteration of God.Noun
(head)Etymology 2
An arbitrary coinage.Noun
(head)Anagrams
* English two-letter words ----ance
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